Energy and exergo-environmental analysis of a refrigerator-Stirling/Photovoltaic system for cold production

Autor: Ghislain Junior Bangoup Ntegmi, Venant Sorel Chara-Dackou, Mahamat Hassane Babikir, David Awakem, Hermann Noume Chopkap, Elie Simo, René Tchinda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Results in Engineering, Vol 23, Iss , Pp 102443- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2590-1230
DOI: 10.1016/j.rineng.2024.102443
Popis: The Stirling refrigerator is a device capable of using green energies such as solar power. In this work, a refrigerator-Stirling/photovoltaic system is proposed to harness solar energy for cold production. The system consists of photovoltaic (PV) panels that capture solar energy and convert it into electricity, and a transmission belt linking the motor to the Stirling beta refrigerator to use the electricity for cooling purposes. The system is modeled on the basis of finite-dimensional thermodynamics, taking into account the refrigerator's internal and external irreversibilities. In addition, the wiring loss, dust coverage and shading of the photovoltaic system and the mechanical power loss of the Stirling refrigerator are taken into account in this model. Power equality has been considered as a system constraint. Finally, the effects of operational and design parameters on system performance are investigated. A numerical code is written in Matlab. The effects of PV module efficiency, Stirling regenerator efficiency and PV derating factor on system performance are quantified, also the optimum operating parameters obtained. The refrigerator-Stirling/photovoltaic has a high COP and a low cooling capacity, in contrast to the refrigerator-Stirling/Dish-Stirling. The optimum solar electric COP and maximum cooling rate are 0.7063 and 1413 W respectively at an optimum panel area of 2 m2. Optimum exergy efficiency is 38.5 % at fv = 0.1, ecological coefficient of performance (ECOP) is 20.3 % at N = 48 rot.s−1, optimum exergy destroyed is 33.31 W at K1 = 21.5 W.K−1. This system can be used to preserve vaccines in hospitals.
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